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"Mr President, I fully support the oral question and I want to commend the authors for the initiative.
I am strongly against the proposal relating to the practice of chartering which has emanated from the Conference of the Parties to the CITES Convention. Currently, as we know, the flag state has responsibility for controlling the activities of a fishing vessel, no matter where the vessel operates. This includes declaring catches, enforcing management measures and control activities. This is a long-established principle which is enshrined in both international and EU law, including the regulation to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) and the FAO international plan of action to deter IUU fishing.
The Commissioner made reference to international law and the necessity to abide by this, but I understand that international law supports flag ships.
The flag ship state has the primary responsibility for preventing, deterring and eliminating IUU fishing. The alternative is that the coastal state that charters the fishing vessel would be responsible. Often, coastal states charter vessels to exploit fisheries, but not in a sustainable way and, of course, to expand fishing activities, so many coastal states lack the will and ability to control illegal fishing.
Such a move by CITES is difficult to comprehend and even more difficult to justify and would certainly threaten the sustainability of fish stocks, particularly on the high seas. It is extremely important for the Commission to vigorously oppose the move by CITES and I am aware that the Chair of the Committee on Fisheries has issued an invitation to the Commissioner to attend a meeting of the committee in the near future. While he has not responded today while in the Chamber, I hope he will respond favourably and positively in order that we can have a more in-depth discussion in committee.
The Commission must adopt a position. There is only one position to adopt and we all know which one that is. The Commissioner says that Parliament will be kept fully informed. It is important that we are kept informed, but it is more important that Parliament’s views, which I believe would be almost unanimous, should be taken into consideration."@en1
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